Introduction

Straight ahead animation is the process of starting at the
beginning of a scene, and working your way through to the end of
the scene. Usually one animator would work in this method from the
start to the end of the scene. Straight ahead animation offers
style and spontaneity to the animation, as opposed to Pose to Pose
which is methodically planned out.

California Academic Content Standards (1)

Related Instructional Objectives (SWBAT...)

Students will learn what it means to shoot animation straight ahead as opposed to pose to pose animating. Through the lens of Bruce Bickford we will see the spontaneous magic of straight ahead animation, and through the creation of individual animations, students will have the opportunity to create their own straight ahead stop motion animation.